Historically,oralappliances(OAs)usedintreatingobstructivesleepapnea(OSA)are,intermsoftheirconstructiondesign,predominantlyderivedf...
266ThecurveofSpeewasfirstdescribedbyF.GrafvonSpeein1890.Heusedskullswithabradedteethtodefinealineofocclusion.Thatlineliesonacylind...
Theuseofnumericfiniteelement(FE)calcula-tionsbyorthodonticresearchershasincreasedinrecentyears.Oneoftheiraimsistoprovidemoreinform...
244Formanyyears,whetherteethshouldorshouldnotbeextractedaspartoforthodontictreatmenthasbeendiscussedbytheprofession.Theopin-ionsof...
GUESTEDITORIALWhatpriceprogress?JamesL.Ackerman,DDS,MS,andWilliamR.Proffit,DDS,PhDBrynMawr,Pa,andChapelHill,NCForatleast2centuries...
10AAmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/February2002Outcomeoftoothtransplantation:Survivalandsuccessrates17-41ye...
238AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedics/February2002OnSeptember9,2001,orthodonticsandcraniofacialbiologylostatru...
236Onseveraloccasions,thiscolumnhasdealtwithcovenantsnottocompete,alsoknownasrestrictivecovenants.Anoft-toutedmythabouttheseagreem...
Inthelate1980s,thefirstdirectdigitalsystemforintraoralradiographywasmarketedfordentistry.1Thissystemusedapersonalcomputer(PC),whic...
Theevaluationofmaxillaryandmandibularincisorinclinationisanimportantpartofortho-dontictreatmentplanning,aswellasassessingtreatment...
176Qualityofcarehasbeendefinedinmedicineas“thedegreetowhichhealthservicesforindi-vidualsandpopulationsincreasethelikelihoodofdesi...
166Amajorobjectiveoforthodontictreatmentistocorrecttoothpositionsin3planesofspace,sothattheyapproachpredefinedcephalometricandoccl...
162Mandibularsymphysealdistractionosteogene-sishasbeenreportedasaviablemeanstocorrecttransversedeficienciesandseverearch-lengthdef...
152Temporomandibularjoint(TMJ)internalderange-ment(discdisplacement)isacommonconditioninadolescentpatientsseekingorthodonticcare.I...
AmericanJournalofOrthodonticsandDentofacialOrthopedicsWolfordetal151Volume121,Number2condyles.Thisbecomestherationaleforcombiningh...
136Condylarhyperplasia(CH)isapathologicalcon-ditionthatpresentsachallengetobothortho-dontistsandoralandmaxillofacialsurgeonsbecaus...
Interestinrapidmaxillaryexpansion(RME)hasincreasedmarkedlyduringthepast2decades.Thecorrectionoftransversediscrepanciesandthegainin...
120Maxillarycanine-firstpremolar(MxCP1)transpositionisthemostfrequenttoothtrans-position,althoughitsincidenceinthegeneralpopulatio...
110Missingteethinchildrenareaparticularchal-lenge.Thereplacementshouldpreferablyadapttogrowthanddevelopmentalchangesintheoralregio...
108ItseemslikeonlyyesterdaythatIwasthenewkidontheblock;today,it’sdifficulttospotanortho-dontistwhoismysenior.Ithasbeenawonderful3...
